Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...

This stunning scene of "mountains" and "valleys" dotted with sparkling stars is the edge of NGC 3324, a young star-forming region in the Carina Nebula. This stunning scene of "mountains" and "valleys" ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures the iconic Pillars of Creation, where new stars are born in the Eagle Nebula. A protostar, HH 34, is captured in this image, surrounded by a disk of gas ...

We are staring "right down the barrel of it, which is really quite surprising to me — we're just lucky." One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

It's also known as NGC 7635. The California Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Perseus. It's named after the US state of California because of its similar shape in long exposure ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Eta Carinae is a fascinating and complex stellar system located in the Carina Nebula, known for its massive stars and dramatic eruptions. This binary system consists of two massive stars that ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. (Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA)) ...